Despite the massive growth of the tourism industry worldwide in the past years, there is still a noticeable scarcity in scientific and scholarly literature when it comes to the phenomenon of food tourism, or simply the awareness that food and beverages play a vital role within the tourism industry. Particularly in developing countries but also in cosmopolitan cities such as Shanghai, food tourism

This study aims to increase the understanding of how an organisation applies crisis communi- cation strategies on social media, how users respond to these crisis communication messages, and what the nature of the interaction between the organisation and users is. Three research questions were developed, which consisted of 1) what crisis communication strategies and tac- tics Boeing uses on Faceboo

Despite the massive growth of the tourism industry worldwide in the past years, there is still a noticeable scarcity in scientific and scholarly literature when it comes to the phenomenon of food tourism, or simply the awareness that food and beverages play a vital role within the tourism industry. Particularly in developing countries but also in cosmopolitan cities such as Shanghai, food tourism

The rise of the world’s most gruesome terror organization ISIS has agitated fear across the globe. Simultaneously, it has attracted more than 30 000 recruits from at least 86 different countries, many of whom originate from OECD member states. This dissertation investigates the underlying mechanisms driving people from OECD countries into joining the Islamic State. By cross-country analysis on 34

This is a qualitative study on the characters of Ronja, the robber’s daughter and how they have been interpreted in Studio Ghibli’s anime version. It focuses on characterization from the perspective of role language and character language and how they reinforce the themes and characters of Ronja. Example sentences have been analyzed and discussed from various major characters. In summary, role lan

The purpose of this master thesis is to contribute to the field of strategic supply chain management by examining inter-organizational relationships in supply chain context between actors coming from different cultures More precisely, to gain deeper understating on those factors of national culture that are influencing the relationship between Swedish and Chinese organizations along the supply cha

Att jag intresserar mig för stranden som plats för mitt examensarbete är kanske inte så konstigt. Som vågsurfare har jag tillbringat mycket tid på stranden och ute bland vågorna. Genom surfingen har jag upplevt många olika kuststräckor och vågor på jorden, men just stranden och surfingen i Sverige har fångat mitt intresse. Här är årstidernas förändringar och havets stormar de största utmaningarna,It is not that surprising that I chose the beach as the subject of my thesis. As a surfer, I have spent a lot of time on the beach and among the waves. Through surfing I have experienced a wide variety of coastlines around the world, but the beaches of Sweden have peaked my interest. The changing of the seasons and the ocean´s storms are the biggest challenges here for a surfer, not the size of th

Denna uppsatsens syfte är att studera hur införandet av GDPR påverkat IT-konsulter, även utmaningar som bör iakttas vid utveckling och implementering av IT-system. Utförandet av studien har framställts med hjälp av akademisk litteratur för att skapa en förståelse för pri-vacy by design, samt för kraven GDPR sätter. Därefter samlades information genom kvalita-tiva intervjuer från verksamheter och I

Research in personality psychology has shown that individuals choose careers led by their personality. More specifically, dark personality traits seem to drive people towards specific environments—with detrimental effects in the workplace. This study investigated whether individuals who selectively choose a job in particular organizations possess dispositions associated with behaving abusively and

Technological advancements continue to drive changes in our modern society. To keep up with these changes, it is of utter importance to stay competitive, whilst remaining flexible enough to be prepared for future changes. A sector which has struggled in this aspect, traditionally, is self-employed craftsmen - individuals who run a business based upon an aptitude for their trade. This study focuses

World Healthcare Organization identifies patient Safety as a global public health concern. Despite concerted efforts made to improve the healthcare system, incidents continues to happen at same rate (Braithwaite, Wears, & Hollnagel, 2015). The most contemporary approaches to safety such as System thinking, and Safety II remain underutilized in healthcare where learning from incidents is mainly

Etisk grön marknadsföring har blivit en allt viktigare kommunikationsstrategi för företag och varumärken att implementera efter att fler konsumenter har börjat bry sig om etiska och gröna frågor. Samtidigt är det av vikt för varumärken att få konsumenter att vilja bli förknippade med just det egna varumärket i den konkurrenskraftiga marknad som existerar i dag. Denna kvalitativa studie ämnar att bEthical green marketing has become an increasingly important strategy for companies and brands to implement as more consumers have become concerned about ethical and green questions. In this highly competitive market, it’s also important for brands to make consumers interested in being associated with that particular brand. This qualitative study aims to contribute with knowledge about how ethical

This study treats argumentative behaviours, argumentative fallacies, impression management efforts, argument substantiations and master strategies in comments in the Facebook group Det fria ordet. The objective is to create a deeper understanding of how the discussions on the alt-left and -right in an online setting are carried out. This could facilitate meeting individuals’ argumentative behaviou

Supported Iridium pincer complexes were used to study gas-phase isopropanol dehydrogenation under continuous flow system at temperatures 200-260 °C with different flow rates. First supported catalyst was [Ir(C2H4)(p-tBu2PO-tBu4POCOP)] supported by covalent bonding to silica, the second one was [Ir(HCl)(p-HO2C- tBu4POCOP)] supported by adsorption to γ-Alumina. The highest activity of catalyst 1 w

The aim of this study is to highlight the emergence and spread of black protest, with a focus on Warsaw and Cracow in Poland, as well as Malmö in Sweden, from the participants’ perspective. Together with a historical background and theoretical discussion, I analysed the “Voices of Women” petition from the International Women’s Strike, and five qualitative research interviews with participants of t

The economic role of the European Union is ever more questioned around the continent and is driven forward by increasingly popular political powers in various European countries. This study attempts to analyse the economic implications of the EU membership on member states, and if effects of varying extent can be observed for different parts of the union. It is observed that in the short run, ther

Med bakgrund i idén att lyckliga medarbetare är mer produktiva har det här arbetet tittat närmare på vad människor ser som viktigt för att de ska känna en arbetsnöjdhet. För att få inblick i människors tankar kring konceptet har fyra intervjuer gjorts med fyra personer som alla har längre arbetslivserfarenhet. Med stöd i de intervjuerna menar jag att man kan dela upp arbetsnöjdheten i tre bestånds

Colonial institutions, a Miracle or a Mirage? Using an exogenous variation in institutions among countries colonized by Europeans, this thesis investigates 1) the effectiveness of colonial institutions after Independence in two distinct British colonies; the Gold Coast Colony and the Kenya Colony, and 2) whether the persistence of these institutions contributed to the current day health disparitie

In this study carry trade activity in AUD, CAD, EUR and YEN vis the USD between 2014 – 2019 was analysed. The first approach employs a VECM, analyse evidence of carry trade recorded in the exchange rate pairs Futures, Forwards and Spot. Results show evidence of carry with the USD being the target currency, while the others being the funding currency. However, the AUD shows specific traits of carry